HISTORY   

MY NAME IS JOHN COCOZZA.    I WAS BORN IN RAHWAY, NJ (A SUBURB/URBAN AREA OF THE NJ PORTS AND 30 MINUTES FROM NYC.)    WHILE LIVING IN New Jersey, I SPENT HALF MY TIME GROWING UP IN RAHWAY AND THE OTHER DOWN AT THE JERSEY SHORE IN MANASQUAN WHERE I ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL.   MANASQUAN WAS A SMALL (MAIN ST. USA) TYPE OF TOWN.  ONE EARLY MORNING WHILE I WAS 13 AND HAD JUST MOVED INTO MY NEW HOUSE IN MANASQUAN, I HAD AN AMAZING/LIFE -SHAPING DREAM.  SOME MAY CALL IT A PREMONITION.  I AWOKE FROM THE DREAM AND SAID, "SAN DIEGO." 

WHEN I WAS 21 YEARS OLD,  I MOVED TO SAN DIEGO FROM NEW JERSEY  LOOKING 
TO BECOME A LEGENDARY SURF PHOTOGRAPHER.   WHILE INTERNING AND PHOTO ASSISTING FOR AARON CHANG FOR 14 MONTHS, I WAS EXPOSED TO AND STUDIED FASHION/MODELING PHOTOGRAPHY.  I HAVE SPENT THE LAST 9 YEARS PHOTOGRAPHING  SURFING, EXTREME SPORTS, POLITICS, PORTRAITS, MODELS, FASHION, AND SWIMWEAR.  AFTER FINISHING MY APPRENTICESHIP, I ATTENDED SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE FOR VISUAL ARTS & PHOTOGRAPHY WHILE CONTINUING TO WORK AND STUDY WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS SUCH AS BRIAN GOODLOE, JOEL ZWINK, DAVID KING, MARV SLOBEN, ANNIE LEMOUX, AND JERIMIAH SULLIVAN.  SINCE THEN I HAVE CONTINUOUSLY STUDIED, BEEN PUBLISHED, AND BUILD MY PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO.      

RESUME - (Current)

John Cocozza Photography Inc. - Owner
www.cocophotos.com

Surfshot Media Inc. - Account Exec & Swimwear Content Director
www.Surfshot.com

Crest Liquor - Asst. Wine Buyer & Wine Sales
www.crestpacificbeach.com

Bunny Bikini Swimwear - Director of Photography
www.bunnybikini.com

Cocophotos Apparel - Owner
www.cocophotosapparel.com

RESUME - (PAST)
- Bartender, Bar-Back, Security - 6 years
- Sales Rep for FLY Surfboards - 2 years
- Children's Swimming Instructor for Silton Swim School - 8 years
- Sales Associate for Professional Satellite Comm (Direct TV Division) - 6 months
- Sales Asscociate for Phoneware Inc. (Verizon Division) - 6 months
 

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